Vegetable grater



May 5, i936. A. cHoJNAcKl 2,039,773

VEGETABLE GRATER Filed March 6, 1935 2 Sheets-5h88?l l IN VENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

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INVENTQR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented May 5, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENTI OFFICE VEGETABLE GRATER Application March 6, 1935, Serial No. 9,525

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a vegetable grater, and is particularly useful in grating potatoes. The object of the invention is to provide an improved device of simple construction adapted for 5 household use and capable of being readily operated for producing a mass of comminuted vegetables.

The device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:-

l Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the device.

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the lines 2 2 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the device. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the device. Fig. 5 is a section taken on the lines 5 5 of Fig. l.

Fig. 6 is a View of the grater shaft. Fig. 7 is a plan view of an end plate stamping. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary section of the grater cylinder and end plate.

Fig. 9 is an enlarged fragment of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is an elevation partly in section of the grater cylinder and end plate.

Referring to the illustrations: a channel casing or frame I is elevated at one end by a supporting member II with projecting arms I2 and I3 which are bent at the top as shown in Fig. 3 and sprung into slots I 2a and I3a in the projecting side walls I4 and I5 respectively of said channel frame I0.

A cylinder grater I6 is rotatable by means of a square shaft Il mounted therethrough and supported at each end in apertures I8 and I9 in the projecting side walls I4 and I5 respectively said apertures forming a bearing surface for the smaller portions 20 of the shaft I'I and the threaded end ZI of a handle 25. The square shaft I 'l is mounted through square apertures 22a and 23a in end plates 22 and 23, said plates being pressed in and over the open ends of the cylinder grater I6 as shown specifically in Figs. 8, 9 and l0. A cotter pin 24 inserted in an aperture in the smaller round end 2] of the shaft I'I and secures said shaft between the walls I4 and I5 when 4D the threaded end 2l of the removable handle 25 is screwed tightly into the threaded end. Ila of the shaft Il after shaft is in position. The fingers 26 and 2'I of the end plates 20 and 23 are bent in such manner as to superimpose fingers 26 over the ends of the cylinder grater I6 while (Cl. 14S-177) alternating fingers 2'I are pressed under the edge and within the cylinder grater I6.

A pivoted shield 28 is mounted on a shaft 29 mounted between the walls I4 and I5 and directly above the cylinder grater I6, and this shield partly encircles the said grater as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A sliding follower 30 with a cross bar 3I at the top which slides on the top of side walls I 4- and I5 and a flange 32 at the bottom which slides on the inside surface of the channel frame I has a handle 33 attached to its outer surface and is used to force the vegetable against the grating surface of the cylinder grater I6. A cross member 34 is attached at each by arms 35 and 36 to the side walls of the channel frame Ill.

In operation the vegetable 3'I is placed Within the channel frame I0 between the sliding follower 30 and the cylinder grater I6 and by the guard the vegetable is pressed against the cylinder grater I6 which is revolved by means of the shaft I1 revolving within the bearing surfaces of the projecting walls I4 and I5; as the cylinder grater turns the outwardly projecting lugs at perforations 38 in said cylinder grater cut into the vegetable 31 and the grated vegetable 31a. is carried downward and ejected through the opening between the cut away portions 39 and 40 of the projecting side walls I4 and I5, and the pivoting shield 28 protects the operator by preventing the grated vegetable from flying out as the cylinder grater revolves. The supporting member II and the cross member 34 are made in such marmer as to be mounted over the edges of a dish or pan for ease in handling and operating.

I claim:

A vegetable grater comprising a channel cas ing having an opening in the bottom thereof, a rotary grating cylinder mounted between the sides of said casing above said opening, a shield pivoted at its upper end to and between the sides of the casing above the cylinder and extending partly around one side of the latter and depending to said opening, and a sliding follower movable. toward and from the cylinder, between the sides of the casing, at the opposite side of the cylinder the follower having a cross bar at the top the ends of which rest upon and slide along the upper edges of the casing.

ANTHONY CHOJNACKI. 

